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Oasis
Mani from The Stone Roses: A born rock star who was fiercely proud of his Irish roots
Gary Mounfield was part of a rich history of Manchester-Irish artists who would forever change music
Lux, Rosalía’s new album, is a breathtaking odyssey into music’s further reaches
The Spanish star wants to look forwards, not back – with results by turns thrilling, baffling and splendidly spooky
The Last Dinner Party: ‘People think they have the right, because they’re anonymous, to say the most awful things
The chart-toppers have released their second album, From the Pyre, which channels the uneasy spirit of the classic 1973 folk-horror movie
Luke Combs: Who is Slane Castle’s next headliner?
A beer-chugging, jeans-wearing all-American, Combs’s music is propped up on escapism, heartbreak and nostalgia
Country music singer Luke Combs confirmed to headline Slane Castle 2026
The 35-year-old is the first country music singer to lead the billing at the celebrated Co Meath venue
Stories behind the songs: The lyrics of Oasis and Manic Street Preachers explored
Two new books take sharply contrasting routes through the music of Oasis and Manic Street Preachers
Ticketmaster commits to greater price transparency after Oasis sale
British competition watchdog secures pledge from ticket company as Irish inquiry continues
Saint Etienne on bowing out: ‘Some of the things people said got me crying. You don’t realise the impact you’ve had’
Sarah Cracknell and co are going out on a high with their 13th album. They talk about Britpop, their labelmates Kneecap and Gen Z’s strange yearning for the 1990s
It wasn’t the internet that killed the old cultural order, it was U2
The resurrection and return of Oasis was a throwback to a time when we all existed in a more or less agreed cultural context
The Hives’ Pelle Almqvist: ‘I believe that in Ireland there is tall-poppy syndrome. There’s a lot of that in Sweden’
The garage-rock saviours never took their popularity two decades ago very seriously, expecting it to vanish, and are pleasantly baffled to see their audience trending towards Gen Z
Solve two Dublin problems in one go: put Molly Malone on Daniel O’Connell’s plinth
Plus: Fine Gael’s summer of fun, a bad year for trout and a good opportunity for the ríomhaire
Sharon Van Etten at Collins Barracks review: Cult songwriter puts a sublime goth twist on her confessional pop
When Sharon Van Etten plays in Dublin, Collins Barracks is the perfect framing device for a performance wreathed in dry ice and nicely chilled angst
Family of lifelong Oasis fan who died in 2023 share ‘sacred’ moment at Dublin gig
The Gallagher brothers’ Irish gigs created special memories for concert-goers but also some complaints over crowd management
Noel Gallagher left ‘shaky’ after Oasis after-party in Dublin
‘It was quite a night,’ recalls the songwriter, who also bestows rare praise on his younger brother, Liam
Wunderhorse in Dublin: Young crowd delirious for one of the buzziest live acts around
Collins Barracks rocked to unflinchingly earnest guitar music made evocative by clever melodies
‘Roll with it’: Oasis gigs led to 9% rise in consumer spending, says Revolut
Large increase in spending recorded in bars, cafes, restaurants and nightclubs in capital
I’ve seen the future of live music – and it isn’t Oasis
Give me a night of Blackpink’s future-facing cyberpop over cash-grab nostalgia any day of the week
Did you see Oasis at Croke Park? Share your experience
Tens of thousands gathered in capital as Britpop band played two sold-out shows
Oasis weekend in pictures: Liam and Noel Gallagher gave fans two joyous gigs
Tens of thousands descended on Dublin to see brothers reunited on stage
In the case of Emma Raducanu and the crying child, it’s clear who’s to blame
The tennis star’s complaints to the umpire about this disruptive audience highlight an age-old problem
Oasis at Croke Park: A jubilant, air-punching night delivers the nostalgia we all came for
Liam and Noel Gallagher lead a joyous, rousing evening of anthems and belters on the first of two nights in Dublin
Oasis fans in Dublin: ‘It was a lot of money but it’s also a once-in-a-lifetime kind of thing’
Sentiment running high ahead of first of two Dublin gigs, with one man travelling from San Francisco to see the Gallagher brothers and co
Temperatures of up to 27 degrees on Saturday but Oasis fans may have showers to contend with
Saturday and Sunday evenings will be largely balmy with slight chance of rain
160,000 mod-haired Oasis fans make for Croke Park
The Britpop band’s greatest creation was the Oasis fan
Mother from Mayo, father from Meath: How Irish are Oasis?
Visits to Ireland were a culture shock at first, but the future Britpop royalty ‘grew to love it’
I was done with Oasis until the Irish-made video for one of their songs revived them for me
Brown Bag’s animated video for The Masterplan is the kind of masterpiece that can change how you listen to a band
Event guide: Oasis, Raye, Another Love Story and the other best things to do in Ireland this week
August 16th-22nd, 2025: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week
The Irish Times view on Oasis in Dublin: a long, lucrative after-party
Their songs have grown more potent as their audience has moved inexorably into its 40s and 50s
International Oasis fans arrive in Dublin for Croke Park gigs: ‘We got up at midnight in Canada to get tickets’
Overseas faithful go the extra mile to relive childhood memories of Britpop brothers
Let’s face it, Dave Fanning asks Noel Gallagher, your third album wasn’t very good, was it?
Radio: ‘It suffered from the fact you had a big head,’ says Fanning
‘People are expecting them’: Oasis fever hits town where the mother of the Gallagher brothers grew up
Liam and Noel Gallagher have spent lots of time in Charlestown where their mother Peggy grew up
Oasis fans warned no public parking allowed around Croke Park
Irish Rail to lay on extra trains, including some after midnight
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